Ireland name their squad for the Six Nations

Declan Kidney has named a 24-man squad for the 2012 Six Nations with six additional players added to their training camp.

Of the 24-man squad, only Shane Jennings failed to make the cut in the 30-man squad for the 2011 World Cup. But alongside the 24 named by Kidney, he has also added six uncapped players to the party with Munster’s Ian Nagle, Peter O’Mahony and Simon Zebo getting the nod alongside Leinster’s Andrew Conway, Connacht’s Tiernan O’Halloran and Ulster’s Paddy McAllister.

Luke Fitzgerald is one of the highest profile absentees as the Leinster winger will have to make do with a spot in the Irish Wolfhounds side. Ulster’s Devin Toner and Leinster’s Eoin O’Malley are also named in the Wolfhounds rather than the full side.

Ireland Squad:

Forwards: Rory Best (Banbridge – Ulster), Tom Court (Malone – Ulster), Sean Cronin (St.Mary’s College – Leinster), Leo Cullen (Blackrock College – Leinster), Stephen Ferris (Dungannon – Ulster), Cian Healy (Clontarf – Leinster), Jamie Heaslip (Naas – Leinster), Shane Jennings (St.Mary’s College – Leinster), Sean O’Brien (Clontarf – Leinster), Donncha O’Callaghan (Cork Constitution – Munster), Paul O’Connell (Young Munster – Munster), Mike Ross (Clontarf – Leinster), Donnacha Ryan (Shannon – Munster)

Backs: Tommy Bowe (Ospreys), Gordon D’Arcy (Lansdowne – Leinster), Keith Earls (Young Munster – Munster), Rob Kearney (UCD – Leinster), Fergus McFadden (Old Belvedere – Leinster), Conor Murray (Garryowen – Munster), Ronan O’Gara (Cork Constitution – Munster), Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne – Leinster), Jonathan Sexton (St.Mary’s College – Leinster), Andrew Trimble (Ballymena – Ulster), Paddy Wallace (Ballymena – Ulster)

Additional players: Ian Nagle (Cork Constitution – Munster), Peter O’Mahony (Cork Constitution – Munster), Tiernan O’Halloran (Galwegians – Connacht), Paddy McAllister (Ballynahinch – Ulster), Andrew Conway (Blackrock College – Leinster), Simon Zebo (Cork Constitution – Munster)

Brian O’Driscoll, David Wallace, Darren Cave, Felix Jones, Jerry Flannery, Eoin Griffen, Denis Leamy, Niall Ronan.